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Image: Panelists from the American Business Immigration Coalition, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, Mesa Mayor John Giles, and other Proposition 308 advocates in Phoenix.

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Conscripted citizens are seen as part of the mobilization as military training continue within the scope of mobilization in Rostov, Russia on Oct. 31.

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Image: Former President Donald Trump at rally in Selma, N.C., on April 9, 2022.

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